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Posted in American Countryside North Carolina

Where the B-52 Crashed

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/05/09May23-North-Carolina-Nuclear-Bomb-Field-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In early 1961 a B52 crashed in a farm field about 12 miles north of Goldsboro, North Carolina.  The tragic…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

Origins of 3M

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/05/08May23-Two-Harbors-Minnesota-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Roll back the clock to the late 1800s and the people of Two Harbor, Minnesota would tell you this company…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

The Mighty Edna G

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/05May23-Two-Harbors-Minnesota-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are many people that tout a variety of diet plans.  We may have a new idea to add to…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

Twenty Boat Pile-up

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/04May23-Two-Harbors-Minnesota-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s been over a century since one major storm hit the shores of western Lake Superior.  However the twenty plus…

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Posted in American Countryside North Carolina

The Presidential Caravan

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/03May23-Ray-Starling-Air-Force-One-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s a part of many of us that wishes we could take to the open road, with no one around…

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Posted in American Countryside North Carolina

Writing a Very Special Letter

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/02May23-Ray-Starling-Air-Force-One-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Did you ever go back and talk or write to a teacher to tell them the difference they made in…

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Posted in American Countryside North Carolina

 Dinner with Mom or A Flight on…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/01May23-Ray-Starling-Air-Force-One-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We often cherish time spent with our mom.  That was the case for Ray Starling.  But in this case, dinner…

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Posted in American Countryside North Carolina

Sneaking Into the Oval Office

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/28Apr23-Ray-Starlig-NAFTA.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In April 2017, there was debate in the country about exiting the NAFTA trade deal with Canada and Mexico that…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

Resilient Grafton, Illinois

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/27Apr23-Grafton-Illinois-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Rose Marie Ritchie has a beautiful location to work right along the Mississippi River.  But in the decades she’s lived…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

The “Dinky”

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/26Apr23-Grafton-Illinois-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are many storied rail routes in this nation – some historic, others still operating.  In Grafton, IL you’ll find…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

Sailing to Norway – The Long Way

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/25Apr23-Viking-Ship-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)On the surface it seemed to be a ludicrous project.  A man with no experience building boats, was going to…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

Visions of Viking Ships

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/24Apr23-Viking-Ship-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Robert Asp had a dream to visit Norway someday.  It was, after all, the land where his family traced their…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

Saving Your Son from Certain Death

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/21Apr23-Serge-Kreisberge-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a scene in which a boy is wrenched from a mother’s arms…and is headed for certain death.  No doubt…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

Chocolate & Potatoes, Again

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/20Apr23-Serge-Kreisberge-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A diet of chocolate and potatoes is probably not the most balanced ration one can eat…but during World War II…it…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

Surviving the Holocaust

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/19Apr23-Serge-Kreisberge-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)I occasionally like to go back to our show archives to hear stories that have moved me and many of…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

One City, Many Occupiers

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/18Apr23-Serge-Kreisberge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)His city bounced from one country’s control to another during World War II.  No matter who was in control…this young…

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Posted in American Countryside South Dakota

Diamon D Saddle Shop – Ft. Pierre

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/17Apr23-Dave-Dahl-Diamon-D-Saddle-Shop-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When Dave Dahl turns on the cowboy channel to watch a rodeo, there’s a good chance he’s going to see…

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Posted in American Countryside South Dakota

Do you know Dave Dahl?  Lots of Cowboys Do.

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/14Apr23-Dave-Dahl-Diamon-D-Saddle-Shop-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes a business begins without you realizing you were beginning a business.  That is perhaps the case for Dave Dahl. …

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Posted in American Countryside South Dakota

Must You Change with the Times?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/13Apr23-Dakota-Emporium-Trading-Post-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Successful businesses have to change with the times.  Or do they?  In some ways, this store is doing the same…

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Posted in American Countryside South Dakota

The Dakota Emporium

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/12Apr23-Dakota-Emporium-Trading-Post-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Take a walk around the small downtown area of Ft. Pierre, South Dakota and you’ll find a place called the…

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